Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits
Students should obtain as much experience in the music, television, film, video game, and podcasting industries as possible by participating in summer internships and part-time jobs.
Being a recording engineer requires both technical skills and communication skills. You must be patient, even tempered, capable of working well with a variety of creative people and temperaments, and possess the confidence to function in a leadership position. Since audio recording engineers must make difficult decisions to achieve the sound quality desired by a music, film, television, video game, or podcast producer, excellent troubleshooting skills are essential for an audio recording engineer.
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